As cristes carectes counfortedenO.12.95: O alone has the form counforteden; most B manuscripts have confortede.  & boþe coupable schewedenO.12.95: O alone has the form scheweden; most B manuscripts have shewed.

Nolite iudicare & non iudicabiminiO.12.97: This line is written in the left margin of ll. 98-99; it is divided after iudicare, so that it appears as two lines. The word iudicabimini is underlined twice.

Set non erat locus in diuersorio & pauper non habet diuersoriumO.12.148: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after &, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

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To pastouris & to poietesO.12.149: A solidus/punctus appears over the first <e> in poietes, indicating an intended correction, although poietes is not apparently incorrect. Perhaps deletion of the <i> is intended. Hm alone has a different reading, pore men.  apperede þe aungel

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And bade hem go to bedlem  goddis birþe to honoure

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And sungen a song of solace  gloria in excelcsis deo

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Clerkis knewen it wel  & comen wiþ her presentes

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And diden her homage honourabli  to hym þat was almyȝti

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And goddis sone þat sittiþ in heuene  & schal saue vs alleO.12.154: Kane and Donaldson (223) exclude this line, which occurs only in GYOC2CB, on the grounds that it is scribal.

Which trowist þou of þeO.12.164: OC2 alone have the definite article; variants include those (Cr), þes (G), this (Y), hem (CBF), and þo (WHmLMR). two  in temise is in moost drede

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He þat neuere ne dyvede  ne nouȝt can of swymmyng

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Or þe swymmer þat is saaf  bi so . hym-self lyke

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Þere his felaw flet forþ  as þe flood likeþ

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And is in drede to drenche  þat neuere dide swymme

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Þat swymme can not I seyde  It semeþ to my wittis

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Riȝt so quod þe renke  resoun it schewiþ

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Þat he þat knowiþ clergie  can sonner arise 

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Out of synne & be saaf  þouȝ he synne ofte

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If hym likeþ & liste  þan any lewed lely

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For if þe clerk be kunnyng  he knowiþ what is synne

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And how contricioun wiþ-out confessioun  counfortiþ þe soule

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And þou seest in þi sauter  in salmes oon or tweyne

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How contricioun is commendid  for it caccheþ awey synne

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Beati quorum remisse sunt iniquitates & quorum tecta & ceteraO.12.178: This line is written in the left margin of ll. 178-179. It is divided after sunt, so that it appears as two lines.

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And þis counfortiþ iche a clerk  & keuereþ hym fro wanhope

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In which flood þe feend  fondeþ a man hardest

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Þere þe lewed lijþ stille  & lokeþ after lenten

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And haþ no contricioun er he come to schrift  & þanne can he litil telle

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And as his loresman lereþ hym  bileueþ & trowiþ

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And þat is after persoun or parischpreest  & parauenture he O.12.184: OCr23C2 alone include he.

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Vnkunnynge tet[o]O.12.185: Although the MED lists te as a variant of to, it is not the scribe's usual form of the word, nor is it attested by other manuscripts; it is thus probably unintended. lere lewede men  as luke bereþ witnesse

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Dum cecus ducit cecum Ambo in foueamO.12.186: OC2 alone include the last three words of this quotation from Matthew 15:14. & ceteraO.12.186: This line is written in the left margin of ll. 187-188. It is divided after cecum, so that it appears as two lines.

Þe þeef þat hadde grace of god  on good fryday as ȝeO.12.193: OC2 alone have the plural form; all other beta witnesses have þow. spekenO.12.193: OC2 alone have the form speken; variants include speke (YBLMRF), spake (CrGC), and spekest (WHm).

De peccato propiciato  noli esse sine metuO.12.209: This line is written in the right margin, followed by a cc parasign apparently in hand 2.

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And for to serue a seynt  & swich a þeef to-gyderes

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It were neiþer resoun ne riȝt  to rewarde hem boþe yliche

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And riȝt as troianus þe trewe knyȝt  tilteO.12.212: OC2 alone have the form tilte; most B manuscripts have tilde. not depe in helleO.12.212: Two crosses about two lines in height, apparently in hand 2, appear in the right margin; to their right, in the extreme right
margin, appears a cross composed of dots with red flourishes radiating from them, probably in the main scribal hand.

His leden is in oure lordis ere  ylicheO.12.257: OC2 alone have yliche; all other beta witnesses have lik. a pies

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And whanne his careyn schal come  in caue to be biried

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I leue it flawme ful foule  þe folde al aboute

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And al þe erþeO.12.260: A solidus/punctus appears above erþe, indicating deletion; a word has apparently been substituted in the left margin, of which only one character, perhaps <d>,
remains uncropped. OC2 alone have erþe; most B manuscripts have oþere. þere it lijþ  enuenemyþ þoruȝ his attir

And wher he be saaf or not  þe soþe woot þeO.12.272: GOC2 alone have þe in place of no. clergie

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Ne of sortes ne salomon  no scripture can telle

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Ac god is so good I hope  þat siþ he gaf hem wittis 

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To wissen vs weyes þer-wiþ  þat wissen vs to be sauedO.12.275: Two crosses about two lines in height appear in the right margin, probably by hand 2. They may have been intended to point
out the defectiveness of the line.

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And þe better for her bokes  to bidden we been holden

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Þat god of his grace  gyue her soulis reste

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For lettred men weren lewede ȝit  ner lore of her bokes

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Alle þeise clerkis quod I þoo  þat on crist leuen

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Seggen in her sermouns  þat no sarasens ne Iues

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Ne no creature of cristes liknesse  wiþ-outen cristendom worþ saued

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Contra quod ymagynatijf þoo  & comsede for to loure

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And seyde saluabitur vix iustus  in die iudicij .

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Ergo saluabitur quod he  & seyde no more latynO.12.284: Two crosses about two lines in height appear in the margin, probably by hand 2.

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Troianus was a trewe knyȝt  & toke neuere cristendom

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And he isO.12.286: OC2 alone lack saaf before as; C2 has seiþ, O nothing at all. These manuscripts thus lack the first alliterating stave. as seiþ þe book  & his soule in heuene

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For þer is fullyng inO.12.287: Cr23OC2 alone among beta witnesses have in in place of of. founte  & fullyng in blood schedyng

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And þoruȝ fijr is fullyng  & þat is ferme beleue

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Aduenit ignis diuinus noncomburens set illuminans .O.12.289: This line is written in the right margin.

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Ac truþe þat trespassede neuere  ne trauersede aȝens his lawe

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But lyueþ as his lawe techeþ  & leueþ þer be no betterO.12.291: Two crosses about two lines in height appear in the right margin, probably by hand 2.

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And if þer were he wolde amende  & in swich wille deyeþ

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Ne wolde neuere trewe god  but truþe were alowed

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And were it worþ or not  þe beleue is greet of truþe

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And an hope hangynge þer-Inne  to haue mede for his truþe

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Quia deus dicitur quasi dans vitam eternam suis hoc est fidelibus . Et alibi / Si ambulauero in medio vmbre mortis & ceteraO.12.296: This line begins in the right margin of l. 295, breaks after vitam, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space.